Trump Nominee Quattlebaum Has Quick Promotion Chance

Aug. 15, 2018, 11:06 AM UTC

District Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. was on his court for less than two months when President Donald Trump announced that he was up for a promotion.

The Senate confirmed him to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina by a 69-28 vote in March. President Donald Trump announced his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in April.

The Senate will vote today whether to limit debate on Quattlebaum’s nomination. He’s likely to be approved today or tomorrow by the Republican-controlled Senate, in a push to confirm nominees as fast as ...

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